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The vacancy
About the role
Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological condition in the world. It affects over 153,000 people in the UK. So we urgently need new treatments, more support for people living with the condition and more funds to find a cure. In the last 50 years, we’ve invested more than £100 million in cutting-edge research to uncover the causes of Parkinson’s. We believe we’re close to finding a solution. But not close enough. That’s why we need more people like you!
You’ll be at the heart of our annual iconic campaign to maximise the positive impact from World Parkinson’s Day, in April every year, to ensure the delivery in the most efficient, impactful and relevant manner to both our core audiences and throughout the charity.
You will communicate with and coordinate colleagues across multiple teams in the charity and in the Parkinson’s Community in the shared purpose of inspiring the Parkinson’s community to support the campaign and engage with our charity. It will involve high profile brand awareness activity, digital, social media as well as local community involvement and fundraising initiatives to further establish the charity as the ‘go to’ for people with Parkinson’s, those who support them and our supporters.
You’ll bring skills gained in campaign and project management and support the evaluation of the previous campaign to inform development of new activity, help colleagues and supporters understand its impact and embedding key insights / learning.
This is a fixed term contract for a duration of 7 months
What you’ll do:
Operationally plan and project manage the WPD campaign, leading on preparatory work and building systems and processes to ensure its success.
Prepare project plan and help align activity with existing BAU and other strategic campaigns in the External Relations Directorate and the Studio
Work with the Campaign Strategy Lead to define wider KPIs to measure the campaign’s success, identify opportunities and manage risks.
Build knowledge of and commitment to the campaign with key teams and with the senior leadership team and trustees. Provide feedback to colleagues, communicating project learning and celebrating successes
What you’ll bring:
Experience of planning and project managing charity campaigns. messaging frameworks and multi-channel communications (or similar complex projects), leading to achievement of goals and targets.
Highly organised and able to manage a range of activities across different teams, encouraging and motivating colleagues to support the project goals and creating compelling project updates and reports.
Excellent interpersonal skills and confident working with key stakeholders at many levels within the charity.
Knowledge of key fundraising and charity disciplines, including experience of digital marketing and engagement.
This is an exciting time for Parkinson’s UK and we would love you to join us!
We are committed to being flexible in our roles and would consider part time working/ reduced hours and compressed hours. Please specify in your supporting statement if you are interested in a specific working pattern.
Please apply through our careers portal on our website, www.parkinsons.org.uk, with your CV and a detailed supporting statement to show how you match what we’re looking for, as outlined in the "What you'll bring" section of the job description.
Interviews will be held 2 May 2024
What's it like to work for us?
Anyone can get Parkinson’s. It’s vital that the people who work for Parkinson’s UK are representative of our diverse community. We actively encourage people from all sections of the community to apply, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.
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